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Judges 10 Summary
Tola, Jair, and Israel's Renewed Repentance
After Abimelech, the minor judges Tola and Jair lead and defend Israel for a combined forty-five years. Israel again forsakes the LORD to serve the gods of the surrounding nations, and God sells them into the hands of the Philistines and Ammonites for eighteen years of distress. When they cry out, the LORD rebukes them for repeatedly abandoning him and tells them to cry to the gods they chose. Yet when they put away their idols and serve him, his soul is grieved for Israel's misery, and the people gather at Mizpeh to face Ammon.
Key themes
Key verses
Judges 10:13
“Yet ye have forsaken me, and served other gods: wherefore I will deliver you no more.”
Judges 10:15
“And the children of Israel said unto the LORD, We have sinned: do thou unto us whatsoever seemeth good unto thee; deliver us only, we pray thee, this day.”
Judges 10:16
“And they put away the strange gods from among them, and served the LORD: and his soul was grieved for the misery of Israel.”
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